thegardendiaries, Author at The Garden Diaries

November 20, 2015January 2, 2020

Grand Entrance-Decorate for the Holidays

Creating holiday outdoor containers with Pizzazz is a snap using fresh greens from your garden.

November 9, 2015

Allium-Bulb of the Year 2016

Alliums are the best kept secret of the bulb world and once you start planting them, you will add to your collection every year. Deer resistant, easy to grow, and multi-season interest are some of their best attributes.

October 27, 2015November 5, 2017

Pumpkin Treats-Decorating with Succulents

Succulents and pumpkins go together like peanut butter and jelly. Decorating the pumpkins with succulents gives you a long lasting Thanksgiving decoration that requires little care.

October 26, 2015

Moth Tongues and Orchids-Darwin’s Prediction Came True

The Comet Orchid and it's Hawk Moth pollinator is a fascinating story of how biologist Darwin predicted the existence of the insect before it was even discovered.

October 22, 2015January 10, 2018

Honey-Eternal Shelf Life & Other Amazing Facts

Many people don't know how to store of care for their honey after it leaves the hive. Find out how to enjoy honey and all it's health benefits long after a bee has touched it.

October 17, 2015January 10, 2018

Floating Beauties

Inspired by Chanticleer floating gardens, anyone can create a stunning water arrangement in minutes using seasonal foliage and flowers from your garden.

October 12, 2015October 12, 2015

Winter Savory-A Keeper!

Aromatic, culinary, and medicinal. Winter Savory is an underplanted, underused landscape plant that you can snip off branches for cooking.

October 9, 2015February 7, 2018

Gourdzilla!! Growing Champion Pumpkins

The Growing Growing titanic orbs or gourds is a competitive cut throat sport. As recently as 16 years ago, the heaviest (official) pumpkin weighed a mere 403 pounds. Now in 2015 the one ton mark has been surpassed. That is a lot of pumpkin, not to mention how do you move one that size?? With a …

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October 1, 2015

Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

Either a strong design element or something that disappears into the background, fencing is important when designing a garden.

September 10, 2015September 6, 2018

Extracting the Flavor Of The Year-Honey

Honey has reached "classic" status after it was named Flavor of the Year for 2015. Find out how to extract this new "classic" flavor from the hive.

August 28, 2015January 22, 2018

The Great Butterfly Bush Debate

Butterfly Bush, Buddleia davidii, has been getting a lot of bashing lately from garden writers, ecologists, and conservationists. Attacked from all sides by master gardeners and other garden professionals, I am sticking to my guns on the benefits and pleasures of planting it.